April 22nd, 2009
Enabling half-star ratings in iTunes
There’s a great little tip in the latest print issue (17.05) of Wired magazine. In Cheat Codes for Everyday Life they list a great little terminal hack that enables you to give songs in your iTunes library “half-star” rating.
To enable half-star ratings open Terminal type (or copy and paste) the following command and press enter. iTunes must be closed:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes allow-half-stars -bool TRUEBy default iTunes tracks can only be assigned zero to five star ratings in whole star increments. While it’s not a new tip, it’s very effective for people that rate their music and have a tough time deciding between three or four stars for a given track (like me).
If you’re not currently a user of the iTunes rating system I recommend that you give it a try. It’s highly useful for creating smart playlists for things like “4-star 80s” for example.
Image: courtesy TUAW
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Jason D. O'Grady is the editor of PowerPage.org, which has been publishing daily mobile technology news since December 1995. For disclosures on Jason's industry affiliations, click here or to view Jason's full profile click here.
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